Vistra announced a new addition to its board of directors. Effective December 30, 2024, Rob Walters has been appointed as independent director and will serve on two board committees: Sustainability and Risk Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. His appointment will expand Vistra's board to 11 members.

Mr. Walters retired from Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP in 2023 where he served as senior partner and on the firm's worldwide executive committee. Walters is an experienced and skilled professional with over four decades of experience in an array of industries and regulatory arenas, including serving as executive vice president and general counsel of Vistra predecessor Energy Future Holdings Corp. In the course of his career, Rob has had deep exposure to the electric utility and power sectors and success in building elite enterprises, recruiting and leading high-performance teams of professionals, developing and executing regional and worldwide strategic initiatives, negotiating and closing major transactions, orchestrating federal and state regulatory, legislative, and policy initiatives, litigating and resolving large competition and commercial disputes, and advising boards of directors on business and governance matters, restructuring efforts, activist initiatives, governmental investigations, and antitrust and competition regulatory matters.

Walters received a bachelor's degree and law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.